• Alan BlackFinance & Administration Committee

Alan Black has been a member of the Scottish Community Foundation's Finance Committee since 2008. He worked in the Scottish financial sector for 30 years, managing Private Client and Charitable monies for the Royal Bank of Scotland Investment Department and Capital House Investment Management. In 1996, he joined Newton Investment Management where he was a Director of Investment Management (Private Investment). He is currently a Director of the Aged Christian Friend Society of Scotland.

He is married with two grown up children and his main form of relaxation is climbing Corbetts and studying for an Open University degree!

• Iain MackinnonFinance & Administration Committee

Iain started his career in local government finance before moving into financial services in 1973. He created and became chief executive of a company supporting financial advisers throughout the UK. Prior to that he was a member of the senior management team at Scottish Provident as head of national accounts.

He has served on the boards of other financial companies. Also has been a High Constable of the City of Edinburgh and held the Queen`s commission in the Royal Naval Reserves.

He has two daughters and two grandsons. His interests include golf and being a church organist and chorister.

• Graham PatersonFinance & Administration Committee

Graham joined SL Capital Partners LLP in 1997 as one of its founding partners and became Chief Operating Officer in 2009. He was an advisory board member to a number of private equity managers including Apax, Permira, Towerbrook, Terra Firma and Argos Soditic.

He graduated from St Andrews University and joined KPMG in Dundee. On qualifying as a Chartered accountant he joined Coopers & Lybrand as a Corporate Finance Executive in Edinburgh.

He is married with three children and his interests include golf, field sports and community involvement.

• Sarinder SinghFinance & Administration Committee

Sarinder joined The WM Company in 1987, where he became head of the WM Charity Fund Service. He has been advisor to many of the largest UK charities and pension funds, and their investment managers. The WM Company was originally part of Wood Mackenzie and then a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank and State Street.

He graduated in Dentistry from Edinburgh in 1977 and trained as an oral surgeon. He is a Dental Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and still practices as a Specialist in Oral Surgery in Edinburgh. He was a member of the college finance and investment committee for nearly 10 years.

He is married with two children. His interests include golf, bridge, classical music and opera.